John Prees 1a 2a 3a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 1g 4a 1h 5a 1i 6a 7a 1j

Birth Name John Prees
Birth Name John Preece
Gender male
Age at Death about 72 years, 10 months, 11 days

Narrative

John (and indeed other family members) changed the spelling of the surname from Prees to Preece around the time of his second marriage. In this time period we would imagine this to be a new vicar using a different spelling, and that the family were illiterate and didn't know any better - but John was a clerk at the cathedral, so must have been literate. Presumably it was therefore an intentional change for whatever reason.

Events

Event Date Place Description Sources
Birth about 1787 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   2a 3a
Baptism 14 January 1787 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1k
Residence 23 March 1809 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1l
Residence 26 September 1813 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1j
Occupation 26 September 1813   Glazier 1j
Residence 20 July 1814 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1c
Occupation 20 July 1814   Glazier Painter &c 1c
Residence 15 September 1816 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1d
Occupation 15 September 1816   Glazier 1d
Residence 29 April 1819 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1e
Occupation 29 April 1819   Glazier 1e
Residence 2 July 1825 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   6a
Residence 7 July 1825 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1m
Residence 2 August 1827 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1n
Occupation 2 August 1827   Glazier 1n
Residence 2 January 1829 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1a
Occupation 2 January 1829   Glazier 1a
Residence 24 August 1831 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1o
Occupation 24 August 1831   Glazier 1o
Residence 29 November 1832 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1p
Occupation 29 November 1832   Victualler 1p
Residence 24 January 1835 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1q
Occupation 24 January 1835   Victualler 1q
Bankruptcy 17 February 1837     5a
Residence 17 February 1837 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   5a
Occupation 17 February 1837   Painter and Glazier, Farmer, Victualler, Verger, and Assistant Overseer 5a
Residence 12 August 1838 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1h
Occupation 12 August 1838   Victualler 1h
Census 1841 Heath Cock, Bridge Street, Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   2a
Occupation 1841   Publican 2a
Occupation 17 September 1849   Glazier 1i
Census 1851 Heath Cock, Bridge Street, Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   3a
Occupation 1851   Clerk of the Cathedral Church of Llandaff and Innkeeper 3a
Occupation 22 August 1852   Painter 8a
Occupation 27 February 1854   Glazier 1f
Residence 26 June 1858 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   7a
Occupation 26 June 1858 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Clerk, Sexton and Verger (resignation) 7a
Occupation 12 November 1859   Clerk at Llandaff Cathedral 4a
Death 12 November 1859 Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales Vol 11a Page 137 9 1g 4a
Residence 15 November 1859 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1g
Burial 15 November 1859 Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1g

Parents

Relation to main person Name Birth date Death date Relation within this family (if not by birth)
Father Lewis Preesabout 1758about November 1835
Mother Hannahabout 175619 February 1841
    Brother     James Prees about 1777 11 January 1854
    Sister     Amelia Prees about 1783 about April 1856
         John Prees about 1787 12 November 1859
    Sister     Hannah Prees about 1788
    Sister     Margaret Prees about 1793
    Sister     Maria Prees about 1795 22 December 1878

Families

Family of John Prees and Ann Davies
Married Wife Ann Davies ( * about 1788 + 24 September 1820 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 23 March 1809 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1l
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
John Preesabout March 181010 February 1811
Ann Preesabout 1813about July 1837
Harriet Preesabout 1814
John Preesabout 181626 April 1876
James Preesabout 1819

Family of John Prees and Margaret Stephens
Married Wife Margaret Stephens ( * about 1796 + about April 1869 )
   
Event Date Place Description Sources
Marriage 7 July 1825 Llandaff Cathedral, Llandaff, Cardiff, Glamorgan, Wales   1m 6a
  Children
Name Birth Date Death Date
Stephen Preeceabout 182710 November 1872
Alfred Preeceabout 18281 February 1904
Henry Preeceabout 18312 June 1906
William Preeceabout 1832about January 1835
George Stephens Preeceabout January 1835about April 1835

Attributes

Type Value Notes Sources
WikiTree Prees-50
 
FamilySearch L4BB-XD8
 
DNA Verified More information
 

Source References

  1. findmypast.co.uk / Glamorgan Archives: Parish Registers - Glamorgan
      • Date: 2 January 1829
      • Page: Baptism - Alfred Preece (Llandaff)
      • Date: 1 June 1810
      • Page: Baptism - John Prees (Llandaff)
      • Date: 20 July 1814
      • Page: Baptism - Harriet Prees (Llandaff)
      • Date: 15 September 1816
      • Page: Baptism - John Prees (Llandaff)
      • Date: 29 April 1819
      • Page: Baptism - James Prees (Llandaff)
      • Date: 27 February 1854
      • Page: Marriage - Stephen Preece / Anne Truman (Llandaff)
      • Date: 15 November 1859
      • Page: Burial - John Preece (Llandaff)
      • Date: 12 August 1838
      • Page: Marriage - Thomas Howell / Harriet Prees (Llandaff)
      • Date: 17 September 1849
      • Page: Marriage - James Preece / Jane Howell (Cardiff St John & St Mary)
      • Date: 26 September 1813
      • Page: Baptism - Ann Prees (Llandaff)
      • Date: 14 January 1787
      • Page: Baptism - John Prees (Llandaff)
      • Date: 23 March 1809
      • Page: Marriage - John Prees / Ann Davies (Llandaff)
      • Date: 7 July 1825
      • Page: Marriage - John Preece / Margaret Stephens (Llandaff)
      • Date: 2 August 1827
      • Page: Baptism - Stephen Preece (Llandaff)
      • Date: 24 August 1831
      • Page: Baptism - Henry Preece (Llandaff)
      • Date: 29 November 1832
      • Page: Baptism - William Preece (Llandaff)
      • Date: 24 January 1835
      • Page: Baptism - George Stephens Preece (Llandaff)
  2. 1841 United Kingdom Census
  3. 1851 United Kingdom Census
  4. Cardiff and Merthyr Guardian
      • Date: 19 November 1859
      • Page: Page 5
      • Citation:

        A SINGULAR CIRCUMSTANCE. - Mr. John Preece, the respected clerk at Llandaff Cathedral, was taken ill some time since, and Mr. John Franklin, an old inhabitant, was appointed to perform the duties pro tem. The latter was subsequently seized with illness, and on Saturday last both expired. Mr. Franklin was 75 years of age.

  5. London Gazette
      • Date: 17 February 1837
      • Page: Page 397-398
      • Citation:

        THE COURT FOR RELIEF OF INSOLVENT DEBTORS.

        [...]

        The Matters of the PETITIONS and SCHEDULES of the PRISONERS hereinafter named (the same having been filed in the Court) are appointed to be heard as follows:

        [...]

        At the Court-House, at Cardiff, on the 13th day of March 1837, at Ten o'Clock in the Forenoon.

        [...]

        John Preece, late of Llandaff, Glamorganshire, Painter and Glazier, Farmer, Victualler, Verger, and Assistant Overseer.

  6. National Library of Wales: Marriage bonds, ca. 1690-1837
      • Date: 2 July 1825
      • Page: V5287129 - John Preece / Margaret Stephens
  7. National Library of Wales: GB 0210 LLANDAFF - Diocese of Llandaff Records
      • Date: 26 June 1858
      • Page: LLCh/3763. - Consent signed by John Preece to resigning the offices of clerk, sexton and verger of the Cathedral Church of Llandaff
  8. Certificate on file
      • Date: 22 August 1852
      • Page: Marriage - Alfred Preece / Mary Thomas
  9. General Register Office: England & Wales Death Index